Sex & Revolution! Immaginario, utopia, liberazione (1960-1977)

1 Sexology and philosophy

The origins of the sexual revolution: Wilhelm Reich – The influence of new sexology – Sex and literature – The erotic novel on trial – The theorists: Herbert Marcuse and Norman Brown – Authors and themes of the sexual revolution – New social practices

2 Publishers and culture between the fifties and the sixties

Playboy and others – The adventures of Olympia Press – The erotic publishing comes out of hiding –

Pop Sexology – Cinema: Nudes, Censorships, Prosecutions – Documentaries and Inquiries

3 The underground movements

Beat generation and free love – The counterculture in print – Dressing and undressing the body: the miniskirt and her colleagues – Sex, drugs and rock’n roll – Sexual revolution in theaters – Feminists and the gay liberationmovements

4 Pornography

The legitimization of pornography in Scandinavia – Publishers discover hardcore: from science to literature – From super8 to cinema – The invasion of paper porn – The Golden Age of red lights in cinema – Criticism: from sexual revolution to hardcore, and vice-versa

5 Sexual revolution: victory or defeat?

Censorship loses … but not all the time – Auteurs’ cinema becomes explicit: 1974-1977 – Literature and sexual revolution – Italian TV between censorship and audacity – The sexual revolution under scrutiny

SATURDAY 21 APRIL
Piazza Martiri del 7 luglio 5:oo pm
Sexual Revolution in cinema: Catherine Spaak
Catherine Spaak talks with Pietro Adamo

SUNDAY 22 APRIL
Palazzo Magnani 11:00 am
Sex & revolution! Immaginario, utopia, liberazione (1960-1977)
with Pier Giorgio Carizzoni

WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL
Palazzo Magnani 4.30 pm
Sex & revolution! Immaginario, utopia, liberazione (1960-1977)
Guided tours
3 euro + valid FE18 ticket
Info and booking: info@palazzomagnani.it – 0522 444446

WEDNESDAY 9 MAY
Cinema Rosebud 9:00 pm
Fotografia Europea Cinema
Porno e Libertà by C.Amoroso (Italia, 2016) 76’
Meeting with the director to follow
5 euro, reduced 4 euro
Info: 0522 456632 / 456763
Curated by dell’Ufficio Cinema del Comune di Reggio Emilia

SATURDAY 12 MAY
Palazzo Magnani ore 4:30 pm
Guided tours with Pier Giorgio Carizzoni
3 euro + valid FE18 ticket
Info and booking: info@palazzomagnani.it – 0522 444446

SATURDAY 19 MAY
Cinema al Corso 11:00 am
Pornography and teenagers in the access and consumption’s era
Pietro Adamo talks with Matteo Lancini

Palazzo Magnani ore 9:00 pm and 10.30 pm
The Orgone Accumulator
Demostration of the operation of an accumulator of orgone enery curated by ORAC
Introduction with Pier Giorgio Carizzoni guided tour to follow
Info and booking: 0522 444446

WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE
Cinema Rosebud 18:30 pm
Fotografia Europea cinema
D’amore si vive by Silvano Agosti (Italia, 1984) 93’
Introduction with  Silvano Agosti andPiergiorgio Carizzoni
Free admission
Info: 0522 444446

SATURDAY 16 JUNE
Palazzo Magnani ore 4:30 pm
Guided tours with Pietro Adamo
3 euro + valid FE18 ticket
Info and booking: info@palazzomagnani.it – 0522 444446